Lightning strikes kill 3 in 3 districts
At least three individuals were killed and two others injured in lightning strikes in Sylhet, Naogaon and Sherpur districts on Thursday...
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Lightning strikes kill 33 in eastern India
Lightning strikes during monsoon storms in eastern India this week killed at least 33 people and injured dozens, officials said Friday.
Lightning strikes kill 2 in Satkhira, Bogura
Two persons were killed on Tuesday after being struck by lightning Satkhira and Bogura districts...
Govt should step up forecasting, warning of lightning strikes
BANGLADESH has, as Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System data suggest, the highest rate of death by lightning strike in South Asia. Whilst more than 3.3 million lightning strikes happen in Bangladesh every year, the rate of death by strikes remains at 1.21 per 1,000 square kilometres, with India trailing by 0.86 and Nepal by 0.62. Records show that 270 people...
Bangladesh worst hit by lightning strikes in South Asia
Being hit by over 3.3 million lightning strikes every year, Bangladesh has the highest rate of death from the natural disaster in South Asia, according to a regional institution dealing with disaster forecasting...
BGB member killed, four injured in lightning strike in Kurigram
A Border Guard Bangladesh member was killed and four others were injured after being struck by lightning while on patrol along the Kauniya Char-Khetarchar border in Darbhanga union of Roumari upazila, Kurigram on early Thursday...
12 killed in lightning strikes, tree fall in 5 dists
At least 12 people, including a child and three farmers, were killed by lightning strikes and fallen trees during nor鈥檞ester in five districts on Sunday...
Two schoolgirls, four farmers killed in lightning strikes
At least six people, two of whom were schoolgirls and four farmers, were killed in three separate lightning strikes in Sunamganj, Kishoreganj and Jhenaidah districts on Tuesday, according to reports by Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha.聽聽
2 siblings die in lightning strike in Bogura
Two siblings were killed when a thunderbolt struck them while catching fish in the River Jamuna in Sariakandi upazila of Bogura district on Sunday.
12 killed in lightning strikes in 7 dists聽
At least 12 people were killed by lightning strikes in seven districts on Monday...
Lightning strike kills 2 in Lakshmipur, Noakhali
Two persons, including a woman, were killed in lightning strikes in Lakshmipur, Noakhali districts on Sunday.
Lightning kills 2 workers in Habiganj
Two workers were killed by a lightning strike while working at a paddy field at Shibpasha village under Ajmiriganj upazila in Habiganj district on Wednesday...
Woman killed, three others injured in lightning strike in Khulna
A woman died and three others were injured in a lightning strike in Paikgacha upazila of Khulna on Saturday...
Lightning strikes kill 4 in Kushtia
At least four people died and five others injured as lightning strikes hit them during thunderstorms in separate places in Kushtia鈥檚 Daulatpur upazila on Wednesday, police said...
297 killed by lightning strikes in 8 months: report
A total of 297 people were killed and 73 others injured due to lightning strikes in the past eight months (February-September) of this year across Bangladesh...
Lightning kills 7 in Sylhet, Sunamganj
At least seven people were killed after being struck by lightning while they were catching fish in the haors of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts on Sunday.
Lightning kills 3 as wet spell brings rain, thunderstorms
Three people were killed by lightning strikes on Sunday in Thakurgaon amidst a wet spell bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms...
Three people killed, another injured by lightning strike in Narail
Three people were killed and another was injured in lightning in Narail Sadar upazila on Sunday midnight...
Four people killed in lightning strikes in Khulna
Four people, including a child, died after being struck by lightning in three upazilas of Khulna, authorities said on Friday...
Two killed by thunderstorm, lightning in Ctg聽
Two people were killed in the incidents of electrocution and lightning strike in separate upazilas of Chattogram district on Tuesday.
Three killed, two injured being hit by lightning strikes in Sirajganj
Three people were killed and two others were injured after being struck by lightning strikes in Shahjadpur and Chauhali upazilas of Sirajganj on Tuesday afternoon...
Farmer killed by lightning strike in Sylhet
A farmer was killed in a lightning strike in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet on early Wednesday...
Two people killed, six injured by lightning strikes in Bagerhat
Two labourers died and six others were injured by lightning strike at Rayenda Bandaghata in Sarankhola upazila of Bagerhat on Saturday...
One killed in lightning strike in Sylhet
A 45-year-old man was killed in a lightning strike while grazing cows at Lakshmipasha union of Kanaighat upazila in Sylhet on Monday morning...
Woman, her son killed in lightning strike in Khagrachhari
A mother and her son were killed by lightning strike at their home in village Madhyabetchhari of Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari district on early Sunday...
Rain brings relief, but lightning kills 10
Light to moderate rain brought relief to parts of Bangladesh on Thursday, while temperatures fell slightly in some other parts after extreme heat in...
Five people killed in lightning strikes in Rangamati, Cox鈥檚 Bazar
At least five people were killed by lightning strikes in Rangamati and Cox鈥檚 Bazar districts on Thursday...